American Woman

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Cummings

...and popular songwriting duos of the era, churning out classic songs such as “These Eyes,” “Laughing,” “No Time,” “No Sugar Tonight,” and “
American Woman” (the first song by a Canadian band to hit number one on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart) before Bachman’s departure in May 1970. While Bachman initially took Cummings under...

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...(1969) followed and included double-sided hit singles “Laughing” and “Undun.” It was the next album,
American Woman (1970), however, that made the Guess Who stars. Its title track, the first recording by a Canadian rock group to hit No. 1 in the United States on the
Billboard Hot 100, had serendipitous origins, beginning as a riff improvised by Bachman while...